Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 220: Listen and Learn -- Exceptions to the Warrant Requirement
Earlier this year, we wrote on the Fourth Circuit's en banc rehearing in United States v. Chatrie, a criminal appeal addressing whether a geofence warrant used to locate the defendant in a bank robbery trial was a...more
A 1971 Supreme Court Decision of Doubtful Vitality Thwarts § 1983 Liability for Mistaken-Identity Arrests and Stifles Development of Clear Constitutional Rules - Kafka would love qualified immunity.1 Not only does current...more
In the course of business operations, criminal incidents—particularly those concerning workplace violence—unfortunately arise. These incidents may involve, for example, a patron who attacks or threatens an employee, an...more
On Wednesday, Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal affirmed a lower court decision excluding video evidence that Florida prosecutors sought to use in their case against hundreds of men who allegedly patronized the...more
The federal court granted summary judgment for the City of Rocky Mount, its Police Department and detectives in a case brought against them under 42 USC §1983 where claims were asserted for malicious prosecution and false...more